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Two ancient Israelite and Jewish places of worship on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem have been called the Temple in Jerusalem, or the Holy Temple. The First Temple or Solomon's Temple was built in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 587 or 586 BCE. The Second Temple was completed in 515 BCE, and was destroyed by the Romans during the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
Projects to build a Third Temple have not come to fruition, but the Temple still features prominently in Orthodox and Conservative Jewish services. The Temple Mount is today the site of the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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